Unit 11.1
Question mark
Introduction
The question mark is a punctuation mark that is used to indicate a question.
Form
The question mark is (Interrogative): ?
Example
- Common question
- What is your name?
- Do you speak Italian?
- Question formed of a noun phrase
- The black cat?
- My son?
Use
The question mark is used at the end of a sentence to indicate that the sentence is a question (Interrogative sentences).
A question normally has all the elements that any common sentence has: subject, verb, complements of the verb. However, it can also be formed by a noun phrase, that is, a phrase whose main element is the noun and the rest are pronouns, determiners or complements of the noun.
Related
In English, besides Question mark, we have The Slash, Symbols, Exclamation mark, Comma, Colon and Semicolon.
- At level A2, we also have Dot, Question Mark, Exclamation mark, Comma, Colon and Semicolon.
- At level B1, we also have Dot, Question marks, Exclamation marks, Comma, Colon, Semicolon and Ellipsis.
- At level B2, we also have Dot, Question mark, Exclamation mark, Comma, Colon, Semicolon and Ellipsis.
